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APA Convention Set for Boston

Make plans now to attend the APA Convention in historic Boston, Massachusetts, August 14 – 17!

Make plans now to attend the APA Convention in historic Boston, Massachusetts, August 14 – 17!

The Board of Scientific Affairs, its committees, and the Science Directorate have strong traditions of organizing exceptional programming for the Convention. This certainly holds true for 2008, as noted in the programming listed below.

In addition to exciting invited addresses covering a broad range of topics in psychological science, there are a number of symposia, workshops, and other sessions that speak to practical issues (e.g., obtaining grants, IRB issues), social issues where psychology has something significant to say (e.g., standardized tests), and areas where the discipline still has much to contribute (e.g., global climate change).

Graduate students will find Science programming especially attractive, as they witness their colleagues in another round of last year’s successful “datablitz,” where students present their research in an exciting, rapid-fire session; hone their grant writing skills in a session on locating funding; learn lessons vicariously from those already established in their field in a session called “What I Wish I Had Known;” and learn how to “give psychological science away” to friends, relatives, and even strangers in “Flaunt Your Science!”

APA Divisions have arranged rich programs that will appeal to the science community, and there are many plenary sessions to draw participants. Just a few of the many featured speakers at the Convention include Keynote speaker Malcolm Gladwell, David Barlow, Kelly Brownell, Catherine Lord, Pamela Trotman Reid, and Robert Sternberg. Distinguished psychologist Edward Zigler will receive the APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology at the Opening Session.

Hotel rooms often are booked early for Boston Conventions, so visit www.apa.org/convention for information about registration, hotels, travel, as well as additional information about special programming.

Watch this space in early summer for more news about science programming at the Convention!